Flybe, styled as flybe, was a British airline based in Exeter, England. It was sold to Connect Airways in 2019; it was the largest independent regional airline in Europe. Flybe once provided more than half of the UK domestic flights outside of London.
Esken Limited, formerly Stobart Group Limited, is a British infrastructure, aviation and energy company, with operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company is registered in Guernsey but has its operational head office in London, England.
Carlisle Lake District Airport is a small airport located 5 NM east north-east of Carlisle, England on a plain near the River Irthing.
Rightmove plc is a British company which runs rightmove.co.uk, the UK's largest online real estate property portal. Rightmove is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Investec is an Anglo-South African international banking and wealth management group. It provides a range of financial products and services to a client base in Europe, Southern Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
London Stock Exchange Group plc, also known as LSEG, is a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure. Headquartered in London, England. It owns the London Stock Exchange, Refinitiv, LSEG Technology, FTSE Russell, and majority stakes in LCH and Tradeweb.
Dunelm Group plc, trading as Dunelm, is a British home furnishings retailer operating in the United Kingdom. One of the largest homeware retailers in the UK, the company headquarters are in Syston, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Until 2013 the company traded as Dunelm Mill.
Andy Hornby is an English businessman, currently chief executive of The Restaurant Group, a British chain of restaurants and public houses.
Imagination Technologies Group Limited is a British semiconductor and software design company owned by Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, a private equity fund based in Beijing that is ultimately owned by the Chinese government. With its global headquarters in Kings Langley, England, its primary business is in the design of PowerVR mobile graphics processors (GPUs), neural network accelerators for AI processing, and networking routers. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Canyon Bridge in November 2017.
Marc Bolland is a Dutch businessman, who was the CEO of Marks & Spencer, after having been CEO of UK supermarket company Morrisons.
Edward Stobart was a British haulage company owner who first became involved with his father's company aged 15 in 1969, and subsequently expanded it into one of the UK's most well known multimodal logistics companies, Stobart Group. Edward died on 31 March 2011 in a Coventry hospital of what was termed 'heart problems'.
The People's Operator was a mobile virtual network operator that provided mobile phone services in the United Kingdom via Three, and in the United States via the Sprint and T-Mobile networks. It was launched in 2012, with the stated aim of being an ethical mobile network operator. TPO said that their service gave private customers the opportunity to support good causes, charities, nonprofits, "progressive organisations" or "ethical groups" of their choice and receive updates on how their money was being spent, while businesses could fulfill their corporate social responsibility commitments. The company's stock lost nearly 90 percent in value in the year and a half after its launch. Trading of The People's Operator stock on the London exchange was suspended in July 2018, after the company failed to provide its 2017 financial reports. In December 2018, the company received a cash infusion from the holding company that was majority owner of Lycamobile. On 13 February 2019, TPO announced it had entered administration; its stock ceased trading on 26 February 2019.
Eddie Stobart Limited is a British multimodal logistics company, with interests in road haulage, rail freight, deep sea and inland waterway transport systems and deep sea port, inland port and rail connected storage facilities, along with transport, handling and warehousing facilities in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Belgium.
Currys plc is a British multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company headquartered in London, which was formed in 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Alternative Credit Investments, formerly Pollen Street Secured Lending and, before that, P2P Global Investments, is a British investment trust. The company invests in consumer and small and medium-sized enterprise loans and in corporate trade receivables. Launched in May 2014, the company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The chairman is Stuart Cruickshank. On 17 September 2019 the company changed its name from P2P Global Investments plc to Pollen Street Secured Lending plc, and on 20 October 2020 the company changed its name to Alternative Credit Investments plc.
Debra Jayne White is a British accountant and businesswoman. She was the chief executive (CEO) of Interserve from September 2017 until the end of 2019. In March 2020, the UK Government asked White to advise it on the establishment of a UK-wide network of testing centres in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2021, White was appointed HR director at BT Group, and, in July 2023, was announced as the next chair of The Co-operative Group with effect from February 2024.
Tim Steiner is a British businessman who is the co-founder and chief executive (CEO) of Ocado, the FTSE 100 online grocery and technology business. As of May 2023, Ocado had a market capitalisation of nearly £3 billion. The 2020 Sunday Times Rich List estimates that Steiner is worth £403 million.
Dame Alison Marie Rose-Slade is a British banker. She was chief executive of NatWest Group from November 2019 to July 2023 and the first woman to lead a major lender in the UK. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 Birthday Honours.
Finablr was a financial services holding company that operated between 2018 and 2020. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, but its shares were suspended and subsequently delisted from trading in 2020 after a financial scandal. The company was bought by Prism Group AG and Abu Dhabi's Royal Strategic Partners in Dec 2021 and rebranded as WizzFinancial.
Logistics Development Group plc, formerly Eddie Stobart Logistics plc, is an investment company with interests in the logistics industry.
